Black adolescent girls and young women face special barriers related to both race and gender, which have immense effects on their health, achievement and life outcomes. This is especially the case for low-income Black girls, who have added challenges associated with poverty. “Gender” goes beyond physical biology to refer to the rules, customs, beliefs and expectations for being a woman or man, as well as the inherent inequities of power and privilege usually associated with these practices.

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Rita my MA thesis examined the relation between “Masculinity’ and ‘Femininity’ ( defined emperically), on the one hand, and anxiety ( as an indicator of mental health), on the other. My sample consisted of 1st year university stundents of West Beirut (UL and AUB)in mid 80’s. My results show that low “Masculinity” in the self- defined identity of young women was positively correlated with high anxiety and that “Femininity” was irrelevant to mntal health. My thesis is posted on my ‘blog’ and so is an article based on my field work results and which was published in one of UL journals. العلوم الاجتماعية